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As a result, Provost Steven E. Hyman says, Harvard needs to do more to foster collaboration between departments and between its schools.
“I don’t want to undercut the autonomy of the schools, but I don’t want there to be intellectual silos,” Hyman says. “One of the things I will be working on is initiating more ways to...
Harvard has for several years focused on fostering this type of collaboration. Hyman and other cite the recently established Bauer Center for Genomic Research and a center for neuroscience research as fledgling attempts to bring people together across disciplines.
While they say it is too early to speak of specifics, Hyman and other administrators say the science option would seek to both provide the necessary space for growth and help foster collaboration.
“I would very much like to speed and strengthen collaboration without waiting for a master plan [for Allston],” Hyman says.